# Robby (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/robby/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,780 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,565 / 215 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 97, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Robert, Roberta + -y.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1963 | 7 | 5,762 |
| 1964 | 12 | 4,048 |
| 1965 | 8 | 5,191 |
| 1966 | 8 | 5,173 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5,335 |
| 1968 | 5 | 7,912 |
| 1971 | 5 | 9,288 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,415 |
| 1973 | 5 | 9,428 |
| 1977 | 5 | 10,854 |
| 1978 | 5 | 11,034 |
| 1980 | 6 | 10,045 |
| 1982 | 6 | 10,163 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,589 |
| 1985 | 7 | 9,045 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 24 | 4,190 |
| 2012 | 34 | 3,287 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,393 |
| 2014 | 32 | 3,446 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,154 |
| 2016 | 28 | 3,869 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,477 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,462 |
| 2019 | 25 | 4,207 |
| 2020 | 24 | 4,246 |
| 2021 | 21 | 4,748 |
| 2022 | 23 | 4,547 |
| 2023 | 25 | 4,314 |
| 2024 | 23 | 4,536 |
| 2025 | 22 | 4,675 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,211 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 6 | 3,004 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Robby

- Robby Ginepri, American tennis player
- Robby Müller, Dutch cinematographer (1940–2018)
- Robby Gordon, American racecar driver
- Robby Robinson, American bodybuilder
- Robby Fabbri, Canadian ice hockey player
- Robby Wells, football coach and perennial candidate

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.